Install CopyQ Clipboard Manager on Ubuntu 18.04 Systems. CopyQ Clipboard Manager is an advanced clipboard manager with editing and scripting features for Linux Systems. CopyQ monitors system clipboard and saves its content in customized tabs. Saved clipboard can be later copied and pasted directly into any application.
The CopyQ Clipboard Manager can store text, HTML, images or any other custom formats. It can quickly browse and filter items in clipboard history and Sort, create, edit, remove, copy/paste, drag’n’drop items in tabs. Not only this it comes with a fully customizable appearance with an advanced command-line interface and scripting.
CopyQ Clipboard Manager Features
- Icon for global shortcuts in Shortcut configuration tab
- Simpler icons (smaller installation footprint)
- Faster copying and pasting from the application
- Faster and simpler invocation for commands run automatically
- More compact Process Manager dialog
- Scriptable function select() waits for clipboard to be set
- Image masks for colorizing icons (“icon-mask” and “icon-busy-mask”)
- Improved logging
- Updated icons (Font Awesome 5.0.13)
- Fix showing icons when “System icons” is enabled (Windows and OS X)
- Fix initial setup for encryption
- Fix storing SVG images and other XML formats with text
- Fix stopping clipboard monitor and other processes at exit
- Fix restarting monitor whenever script commands change
- Fix updating status in Process Manager
- Fix using tab() multiple times from script
- Fix building for Qt 5.11
- Windows: Use Qt 5.6 LTS version for released binaries
- OSX: Fix URI list and UTF-16 text clipboard formats
- X11: Faster clipboard/selection synchronization
Install CopyQ Clipboard Manager
Install and keep CopyQ always up to date by running the following three commands from the terminal:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hluk/copyq
sudo apt update
sudo apt install copyq
Once installed, open CopyQ clipboard manager from Ubuntu Dash. To start the application double-click the program icon or run copyq in terminal.
The list with clipboard history is accessible by clicking on system tray icon or running copyq toggle. Copying text or image to clipboard will create new item in the list.
Selected items can be:
- edited (F2),
- removed (Delete),
- sorted (Ctrl+Shift+S, Ctrl+Shift+R),
- moved around (with mouse or Ctrl+Up/Down),
- copied back to clipboard (Ctrl+C) or
- pasted to previously active window (Enter).
All items will be restored when application is started next time.
To exit the application select Exit from tray menu or press Ctrl-Q keys in the application window.